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Last Held: November 30, 2018
Registration: 8:15am | Symposium: 9:00am to 4:00pm
Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, NJ
You are invited to the 5th Flavors, Fragrances and Perception Symposium at Rutgers University, hosted by the Center for Sensory Sciences and Innovation. This year's event will take place on Friday, November 30 at the Douglass Campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Join industry, government and academic thought-leaders, as well as developers and manufacturers, as we discuss the latest discoveries and challenges in flavors, fragrances and perceptions. Topics will include innovative sensory evaluation, consumer insights, neuroscience, psychophysics, natural products, sustainability and much more.
This symposium offers cutting edge science and insights into emerging trends from speakers engaged at the forefront of the sensory sciences and related fields. Posters and tabletop demonstrations will also be available for viewing throughout the day.
Chairman & Founder, Compusense
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Chief Scientific Officer, Opertech Bio
Philadelphia, PA
President, NaPro Research
Westlake Village, CA
Fox School of Business, Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
Department of Food Science, Rutgers University & Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University
Department of Psychology, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
(Subject to change)
Dr. Beverly Tepper, Director, Center for Sensory Sciences & Innovation
Jim Simon, Associate Director, Center for Sensory Sciences & Innovation
Dr. Maureen (Mimi) Morrin, Associate Director, Center for Sensory Sciences & Innovation
Dr. Bradley Hillman, Director of Research, NJ Agricultural Experiment Station, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
Dr. Chris Findlay, Chairman & Founder, Compusense, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Dr. R. Kyle Palmer, Chief Scientific Officer, Opertech Bio, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Mark Lewis, President, NaPro Research, Westlake Village, CA
Dr. Maureen Morrin, Fox School of Business, Temple University
Dr. Beverly Tepper, Director, Center for Sensory Sciences & Innovation
Dr. Jessica Gaby, Department of Food Science, Rutgers University & Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. James E. Simon, Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University
Dr. John McGann, Department of Psychology, Rutgers University
$25.00 per person
Students can attend for free. Please email Beverly Tepper for registration promo code.
Light breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks will be offered.
Trayes Hall, Douglass Student Center, Rutgers University, 100 George St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Please park your car in Lot 70 or the Douglass Parking Deck. In order to park at this location, you must request a Virtual Parking Pass for your vehicle from the Rutgers Department of Transportation Services. A link will be provided to you via email. Please be sure to complete this important step prior to traveling to campus. Failure to do so may result in a parking citation.
The Symposium is seeking submissions from both academia and industry to present research relating to advancing discovery and applications of the sensory sciences, including understanding their effects on human behavior.
Examples of topics include:
If you would like to submit a poster for this symposium, please fill out the form below. Deadline: November 14, 2018
Please note: All poster authors must also register separately for the symposium.
Interested in becoming a sponsor or submitting an ad for the symposium's program? Please contact Neeta Yousaf to discuss options! Deadline: November 9, 2018
Exhibit Hall items plus:
Bronze Sponsor items plus:
Silver Sponsor items plus:
CSSI seeks to advance the sensory sciences through a better understanding of the effects of flavors and fragrances on human health, well-being and behavior.
The flavor and fragrance industry is a critical driver of innovation across a broad range of consumer and industrial products from foods, beverages, and medicines, to personal care, home care and cosmetics. The industry is critical to the nation’s economic health since it encompasses virtually every aspect of daily life.
Flavors and fragrances elicit complex chemosensory experiences that dramatically affect health, well-being and behavior, yet the nature of these experiences remains poorly understood. For example, we do not understand how flavors and fragrances influence memory, cognitive function and mood. Nor do we understand the full range of benefits of flavors and fragrances in supporting immune function, fighting a variety of diseases ranging from infection to obesity to depression or, in a different realm, protecting food against spoilage. CSSI seeks to transform the sensory sciences through discovery and characterization of taste, aroma and flavor molecules, integrated with the study of their physiological and psychological mechanisms, to ultimately understand their effects on human behavior.
CSSI's mission is to (1) advance discovery and applications of flavors and aromas, (2) disseminate the scientific knowledge of flavors and aromas, and (3) educate new scientists who will contribute to these advances.
There are many limitations to our collective understanding of human perception processes including a lack of robust analytical methodology and instrumentation to measure various aspects of the physical, biological and social sciences of smell and taste perception. CSSI develops research projects to address broad and specific challenges to our understanding of the intersection of human perception with flavor and aroma stimuli and the biochemical processes that support these interactions. CSSI supports basic and applied research in several domains across the spectrum of chemosensory science, providing a focal point for industry-university collaboration. Research areas include:
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Center Associate Director: James Simon, PhD
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Consultant: Jeannette Haviland-Jones, PhD
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Fox School of Business
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Center Associate Director: Maureen (Mimi) Morrin, PhD
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